1939 The Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was a research development of the use of Radioactive materials to be used as nuclear weapons within the times of World War 2. This project undertook several scientists from Canada, Great Britain, and United States. After several years of planning, the government issued the scientists to begin to investigate how these materials could change and cause drastic effects if used as weapons. It began in 1939 after the spark of World War Two started, creating the desire for several new and more powerful weapons, experimenting with the new thought on Radioactive materials. During the war, two particular types of atomic bombs were engineered and designed. Later, inventors realized their potential to win the war. This led to the bombing of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, succeeding and helping America win the war. One of which was known as the "Little Boy" which used a unique compound using uranium in which had the equivalent of 15 kilotons of TNT. It weighed about 9, 700 lbs, was 10 feet long and 28 inches wide. It was created in 1945, in sequence to the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb, in which used plutonium to create an explosion almost 22 kt, weighing 10, 300 lbs, 3.3 m long and a 1.5 m diameter. All though produced closer the to end of World War 2, these weapons of destruction sparked interests of many countries to be used as weapons of mass destruction in critical predicaments. Through the designing of nuclear items used as un-stable weapons, scientists began to understand nuclear power, as well as how it can be tamed for proper use. Likewise, throughout the project, scientists were required to use several older computer systems including Analog computing, as well as several others. Throughout the project, several other computers such as IAC and ENIAC, as well as MANIAC were used to later in 1951, create the first ever thermonuclear bomb. Multiple Choices:
"Little Boy" Nuclear Bomb
Which Bomb Yielded a larger blast?
a) KFC b) Little Boy c) Baratol d) Fat Man
Sources:
A Quote By Nuclear Bomb Builder J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Manhattan Project was a research development of the use of Radioactive materials to be used as nuclear weapons within the times of World War 2. This project undertook several scientists from Canada, Great Britain, and United States. After several years of planning, the government issued the scientists to begin to investigate how these materials could change and cause drastic effects if used as weapons. It began in 1939 after the spark of World War Two started, creating the desire for several new and more powerful weapons, experimenting with the new thought on Radioactive materials. During the war, two particular types of atomic bombs were engineered and designed. Later, inventors realized their potential to win the war. This led to the bombing of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, succeeding and helping America win the war. One of which was known as the "Little Boy" which used a unique compound using uranium in which had the equivalent of 15 kilotons of TNT. It weighed about 9, 700 lbs, was 10 feet long and 28 inches wide. It was created in 1945, in sequence to the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb, in which used plutonium to create an explosion almost 22 kt, weighing 10, 300 lbs, 3.3 m long and a 1.5 m diameter. All though produced closer the to end of World War 2, these weapons of destruction sparked interests of many countries to be used as weapons of mass destruction in critical predicaments. Through the designing of nuclear items used as un-stable weapons, scientists began to understand nuclear power, as well as how it can be tamed for proper use. Likewise, throughout the project, scientists were required to use several older computer systems including Analog computing, as well as several others. Throughout the project, several other computers such as IAC and ENIAC, as well as MANIAC were used to later in 1951, create the first ever thermonuclear bomb.
Multiple Choices:
Which Bomb Yielded a larger blast?
a) KFC
b) Little Boy
c) Baratol
d) Fat Man
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Projecthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Manhttp://www.ushistory.org/us/51f.asphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boyhttp://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/peace-and-war/the-manhattan-project/https://www.britannica.com/event/Manhattan-Projecthttp://www.atomicarchive.com/History/mp/http://www.pitt.edu/~sdb14/atombomb.html